---
title: Notifications
description: "How to set up notifications for your synthetic checks in OpenStatus"
---
import { Image } from 'astro:assets';
import { Aside} from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

import Notification from '../../../../assets/monitor/notifications.png';

  <Image
    src={Notification}
    alt="Monitor notifications"
  />


If you want to receive notifications when your monitor fails, you can connect it to a notification channel.

To connect your monitor to a notification channel, _Select a monitor &rarr; Settings &rarr; Notifications_.

You will have the list of available notification channels. You can connect your monitor to one or multiple notification channels.

You need to create a notification channel before connecting your monitor to it.

<Aside>
By default your monitor won't send any notification on failure. You can enable notifications for your monitor by connecting it to a notification channel.
</Aside>
